Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
Some thoughts on "categories" that a forum can have. One of the reason for Atlas's success (forum) is that there are only 4 choices, excluding admin. At trainboard, I'm to lazy to count, but lots of em, too many in my opinion. Why do I say "too many?" Well, lets say you have one hundred a day come to Atlas, there responses will be mostly to the N and HO forum, with a few going to O and DCC. At trainboard, that same hundred will be divided off into something like 40 different forums, so it feels slow and unattended, even though the count is identical in visitors to Atlas. We forum participants are a mouthy bunch, we like to post goodies, and hear what others have to say. For any long time forum particpant, you know the disappointment of putting a lot of thought into a thread and having only one person respond. The other thing I think that Atlas is brilliant at, is the including those that have read the thread, as well as those that respond. That way, if you have worked hard on a thread, and you only get one response, but you know 120 read it, that feels better. At RR-Line, I think they had too many categories (forums) for the level of participation they had. They basically copied trainboard, but the base of active people at trainboard is much larger than the base RR-Line had. Too many forums, could kill the MR site. Better to start off with a few, and over the years, add on.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag

Update Reply

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Model Railroader Newsletter See all

Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!

Subscriber & Member Login

Edit post

Post Body

Tags (Optional)

Subscriber & Member Login

Users Online

Search the Community